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Chance, choice and control: Lay debate on prenatal social sex selection (2006)
Journal Article
Scully, J., Banks, S., & Shakespeare, T. (2006). Chance, choice and control: Lay debate on prenatal social sex selection. Social Science & Medicine, 63(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.013

Assisted reproductive technologies are typically positioned as increasing the range of choices open to the healthcare consumer, thereby enhancing ‘reproductive freedom’. In this paper, we question the equivalence of reproductive choice and personal f... Read More about Chance, choice and control: Lay debate on prenatal social sex selection.

Young people who have sexually abused: what do they (and their parents) want from professionals? (2006)
Journal Article
Hackett, S., & Masson, H. (2006). Young people who have sexually abused: what do they (and their parents) want from professionals?. Children & Society, 20(3), 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1002/chi.873

This article presents the findings of a small scale qualitative study of user perspectives in the adolescent sexual aggression field. Twenty four service users who had received intervention from nine different specialist providers completed a structu... Read More about Young people who have sexually abused: what do they (and their parents) want from professionals?.

The Sustainability of Substitute Family Care for Children Separated from Their Families by War: Evidence from Mozambique (2006)
Journal Article
Charnley, H. (2006). The Sustainability of Substitute Family Care for Children Separated from Their Families by War: Evidence from Mozambique. Children & Society, 20(3), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1002/chi.883

This article presents the findings of an empirical study exploring the sustainability of the substitute family in supporting children separated from their families during Mozambique's 16-year civil conflict. It describes shifts in the boundaries that... Read More about The Sustainability of Substitute Family Care for Children Separated from Their Families by War: Evidence from Mozambique.

Exploring Consensus in Practice with Youth Who Are Sexually Abusive: Findings from a Delphi Study of Practitioner Views in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (2006)
Journal Article
Hackett, S., Masson, H., & Phillips, S. (2006). Exploring Consensus in Practice with Youth Who Are Sexually Abusive: Findings from a Delphi Study of Practitioner Views in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Child Maltreatment, 11(2), 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559505285744

This article presents the findings of a study exploring current levels of consensus among practitioners in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) about good practice in relation to youth who are sexually abusive. A three-stage Delp... Read More about Exploring Consensus in Practice with Youth Who Are Sexually Abusive: Findings from a Delphi Study of Practitioner Views in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Classification (2006)
Journal Article
Boyne, R. (2006). Classification. Theory, Culture and Society, 23(2-3), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276406062529

First thoughts about classification inevitably turn to the simultaneously mundane and extraordinary ambition to capture the universe of all that there is and has been. This dream of the universal has two basic modes (and so the process begins!). Firs... Read More about Classification.

Independent associations between weight status and disability in adults: Results from the health survey for England (2006)
Journal Article
Lidstone, J., Ells, L., Finn, P., Whittaker, V., Wilkinson, J., & Summerbell, C. (2006). Independent associations between weight status and disability in adults: Results from the health survey for England. Public Health, 120(5), 412-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2005.12.003

Objectives: While direct links between obesity and some illnesses are well-established, there is a relative paucity of research on associations between obesity and disabilities. The aim of this study was to test for significant associations between o... Read More about Independent associations between weight status and disability in adults: Results from the health survey for England.

Gender and Class Negotiations in an Edwardian Welfare Organisation:a tale of two women (2006)
Journal Article
Spence, J. (2006). Gender and Class Negotiations in an Edwardian Welfare Organisation:a tale of two women. Women's History Review, 15(2), 277-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612020500529739

This article considers the role played by two women in the establishment of a 'Waifs Rescue Agency and Street Vendors' Club', opened for boys in the East End of Sunderland in 1902. The parts played by the women enabled the male managers to resolve te... Read More about Gender and Class Negotiations in an Edwardian Welfare Organisation:a tale of two women.

Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review (2006)
Journal Article
Hooper, L., Thompson, R., Harrison, R., Summerbell, C., Ness, A., Moore, H., …Smith, G. (2006). Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review. eBMJ (London), 332(7544), 752-760. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38755.366331.2f

Objective: To review systematically the evidence for an effect of long chain and shorter chain omega 3 fatty acids on total mortality, cardiovascular events, and cancer. Data sources: Electronic databases searched to February 2002; authors contacted... Read More about Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review.

Representing Complex Places: A Narrative Approach (2006)
Journal Article
Uprichard, E., & Byrne, D. (2006). Representing Complex Places: A Narrative Approach. Environment and Planning A, 38(4), 665-676. https://doi.org/10.1068/a37333

The authors argue that narratives—the plural being very important—are crucial for the representation of complex urban spaces. They do this by drawing on first-hand empirical examples from a previous examination of people’s understanding of ‘postindus... Read More about Representing Complex Places: A Narrative Approach.